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According to South Lake Tahoe police, the robbery took place about 9:39 a.m. when a man entered the bank, located at 3443 Lake Tahoe Blvd., and gave a teller a note that demanded cash and stated that he had a gun, but no gun was seen.

The man left the location with an unknown amount of cash shortly afterward, police said. Police released a photo of the suspect from the surveillance cameras. In the photos, the man, who has not been profiled at a specific height, is wearing a button-up shirt, a hat, shorts and sandals. From surveillance footage, police stated the suspect appears to be a white male adult in his 50s, about 6-foot-2 and his weight is proportionate to height, according to a press release from South Lake Tahoe Police Department.

He was seen in the footage wearing a beige baseball hat, a short-sleeved plaid button-down shirt, khaki cargo shorts and flip-flop sandals, the release stated.

“A potential suspect vehicle was seen driving quickly away from the area of the bank,” the release stated.

Police stated the car is a black four-door, dual-cab Dodge Ram pickup truck equipped with a toolbox in the bed. The year of the truck is estimated to be between 2000 and 2005.

Anyone with information about the robbery can call South Lake Tahoe Police Department at 530-542-6100. The department also can be reached at www.facebook.com/sltpd.detectives. People also can call the South Lake Tahoe office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at 775-588-4184. Anonymous tips can be sent to the Secret Witness hotline at 530-541-6800.